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and Group: I like to have my ideas challenged. The libertarian choir's sweet singing is nice much of the time, but I'm getting to the point where I am at least familiar with all the basic arguments for freedom. And although I'm still pleasantly surprised now and again by a pro-freedom connection I'd not come across before (Mark Gillespie's piece on Taoism and freedom being a good recent example), few things outside of complex academic theory really challenge my mind. Little did I realize when a slight, good-looking man approached me at the Free State Project's Grand Western Conference back in May what I was in for ... (Read the rest here)
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Medical Marijuana Win The recent medical marijuana decision issued by the federal Ninth Circuit Court enforces a state’s right to overrule the federal Controlled Substances Act of 1970 if certain conditions are met with regard to marijuana use that is recommended by a physician. Among others, one of the conditions the judges stipulated is that the marijuana must not be sold. To a sharp defense attorney, that stipulation is significant and potentially more far-reaching than the Ninth Circuit may have intended.
I will explain. (Read the rest here)
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Politics Away from Money The supporters of campaign-finance regulation, and now a bare majority on the U.S. Supreme Court, are trying to square the circle. They want a vast distributive state — in which politicians dispense favors at the expense of others — without the appearance of corruption. An inherently corrupt system with no appearance of corruption is about as likely as, well, a square circle. The Court has upheld by a 5–4 vote the McCain-Feingold law, which among other things prohibits political parties from raising unregulated “soft money” and restricts “issue” advertising on television 60 days before a general election and 30 days before a primary. (Read the rest here)
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